For what could be more ironical than for Howard Spurlock to see himself grow famous under the name of Taber? The ambrosia of which he had so happily dreamt!—and this gall and wormwood! He stood up and rapped his pipe on the rail. “A joke! Sir John, if you had presented yourself here an hour ago we should have greeted you in pained silence. Sheila bellowed, a great wail of a sound from deep in her belly, flinging her tremendous weight towards him. She took a few of his things before she scanned the area. It’s made up of things as small as the diameter of hairs and big as life and death. His eyes never left her face. She sat down awkwardly and helplessly on one of the little stools by her table and covered her face with her hands. Every now and then her general presence became radiantly dazzling in his eyes; she would appear in the street coming toward him, a surprise, so fine and smiling and welcoming was she, so expanded and illuminated and living, in contrast with his mere expectation. And then there came for both of them at least a temporary awakening. From the portals of the hotel—scarcely fifty yards from the canal—one saw the blank face of the ancient city of Canton. The eminent painter had handsome, expressive features, an aquiline nose, and a good deal of dignity in his manner. Even Shari’s graduation party was put off until later in the summer when they could afford it. Suspicion was in his face. I was supposed to do the same, but I didn’t. ‘But it is entirely natural that I choose my own country.
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